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this deal still kicks ass for us. we'll cut the living hell out of what we call entitlements, social security and medicare and medicaid. lloyd blankfein listen to what he said about so-called indictmentment. >> you'll have to lower people's expectations the entitlements and what people think they're going to get because it's not going--they're not going to get it. >> cenk: you're not going to get it. i'm going to get it. that's lloyd blankfein. this is the guy whose company took $10 billion in federal bailout and an extra $14 billion through back door bailouts of aig. in the last quarter--that's just a quarter of the year they made $8.4 billion. how much of that did the u.s. taxpayer get for bailing their ass out? none of it. we got the initial $10 billion mac. we did not get the back door bailout back. we did not get a piece of that company. finally look at his salary were last year. it will probably be higher than this year, $16.4 million. so he gets the bailouts from the government i am entitled. i have an expectat
this deal still kicks ass for us. we'll cut the living hell out of what we call entitlements, social security and medicare and medicaid. lloyd blankfein listen to what he said about so-called indictmentment. >> you'll have to lower people's expectations the entitlements and what people think they're going to get because it's not going--they're not going to get it. >> cenk: you're not going to get it. i'm going to get it. that's lloyd blankfein. this is the guy whose company took $10...
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romney's running mate for mccain and graham picking a woman as their new third amigo was particularly useful since the three amigos first job as the new of the new political year was to take down a woman u.n. ambassador susan rice so she'd be so badly tarnished that president obama wouldn't nominate her to replace hillary clinton as secretary of state and why would they care so much about destroying the reputation of a rhodes scholar a stanford graduate in one of america's most distinguished deployments well given that the three amigos have always been basically a political hit squad a two bit republican gang that's usually promoting wars to either enrich their military industrial complex sponsors or to score points political points against democrats it's a fair bet but it's all about either more war or politics and surprise it's about both if susan rice is taken down by the three a mayor or the next in line for the secretary of defense is massachusetts senator john kerry if he moves to the department of state senate seat opens up and they'll be a special election in massachusetts to replace
romney's running mate for mccain and graham picking a woman as their new third amigo was particularly useful since the three amigos first job as the new of the new political year was to take down a woman u.n. ambassador susan rice so she'd be so badly tarnished that president obama wouldn't nominate her to replace hillary clinton as secretary of state and why would they care so much about destroying the reputation of a rhodes scholar a stanford graduate in one of america's most distinguished...
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you know we do that here, they shoot us. retail analyst, faith hope is joining us, saying that weekend was a kickoff of a huge holiday season in stores and on-line could faith. the job issue notwithstanding good numbers all the way? >> good numbers, really good. looks really good. thursday sales were fantastic. friday was a little slower. neil: the stores that opened. >> there were people on-line thursday. neil: why doesn't everyone go on-line? >> because, they need the excitement of going into the stores. neil: do you like that? >> i do go shopping. yes. neil: i can't see you like getting ta tackled. >> well, i didn't go to walmart. but you see, lord and taylor was open thursday, friday is was soft. but interesting thing, the indicator for black friday, best black friday have not necessarily indicated a great season. what we have here, working in our favor, maybe you will agree, the longest lead time, longest time between thanksgiving and christmas. 5 weeks,. neil: could you pipe down bert. >> my new best friend, he said so
you know we do that here, they shoot us. retail analyst, faith hope is joining us, saying that weekend was a kickoff of a huge holiday season in stores and on-line could faith. the job issue notwithstanding good numbers all the way? >> good numbers, really good. looks really good. thursday sales were fantastic. friday was a little slower. neil: the stores that opened. >> there were people on-line thursday. neil: why doesn't everyone go on-line? >> because, they need the...
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they are a real challenge to us. untouched, and amended, medicare will run up money in 12 years that is scary. we have so many americans who count on it. almost 50 million americans and the number is growing. yesterday, in america, 10,000 reached the age of 65. it will happen tomorrow. it will happen every day for the next 18 years. these are people who paid in over a lifetime and expect the protection they have invested in to be there. asked to be there. we need to take an honest look at medicare. i believe the paul ryan approach was not the right approach. i thought his idea of premium support would raise the cost of medicare is turned on many seniors. i think it was unworkable and did not support. some suggest raising the medicare retirement age. i have trouble with that. my trouble is in my family, i have an older brother who passed away a few years ago appeared when he retired, he had health insurance from his employer and then had a massive heart attack and surgery. they canceled his insurance. my very conserva
they are a real challenge to us. untouched, and amended, medicare will run up money in 12 years that is scary. we have so many americans who count on it. almost 50 million americans and the number is growing. yesterday, in america, 10,000 reached the age of 65. it will happen tomorrow. it will happen every day for the next 18 years. these are people who paid in over a lifetime and expect the protection they have invested in to be there. asked to be there. we need to take an honest look at...
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the number means a lot to us. what would you do and what more can and should washington do if anything to address the soaring cost of college debt students face. >> i went to public schools and a commuter college. i ended up as a professor. i got to do that because of the opportunities afforded me by a good education that america invested in. now we live in a world where there is far too little investment, and is typically in higher education. there are four great community colleges in this area. we need to be making the investments in the community colleges. for a couple of reasons. partly because it is a good, affordable way for kids to get an education. partly because it helps us build a future. persistent technology here in western massachusetts, this is a real opportunity for the future. only if there is a well-educated work force. that starts and home school, on into community colleges, and on into universities. i want to say this is about priorities. that is how i see it. there will not be a single, magic b
the number means a lot to us. what would you do and what more can and should washington do if anything to address the soaring cost of college debt students face. >> i went to public schools and a commuter college. i ended up as a professor. i got to do that because of the opportunities afforded me by a good education that america invested in. now we live in a world where there is far too little investment, and is typically in higher education. there are four great community colleges in...
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do you believe they raise it on somebody else and they use it to pay down the debt? we think they will spend it. the same californians setup do you want to raise cigarette taxes so we can spend it on cool stuff? they said no. cigarette taxes. 8% of the population, why don't we jump them? they voted no. washington state voted to not have a tax on millionaires. people finally look at the amount of money that jerry brown had to spend to get that initiative across the finish line. it is not a strong argument that is a popular thing. i am all in favor of california experimenting on itself. i think it is a fair to do a more of a petri dish in california, but they are having an experiment. most americans have been leaving california. people from california leave. states like maryland experimented with the millionaires' tax the other day. people were leaving. it is helpful to have the states to give you a lesson on what happens when you decide to raise taxes on the rich. they move a. >> moving ahead to the fiscal cliff. john boehner has reiterated that the newly elected hous
do you believe they raise it on somebody else and they use it to pay down the debt? we think they will spend it. the same californians setup do you want to raise cigarette taxes so we can spend it on cool stuff? they said no. cigarette taxes. 8% of the population, why don't we jump them? they voted no. washington state voted to not have a tax on millionaires. people finally look at the amount of money that jerry brown had to spend to get that initiative across the finish line. it is not a...
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what to use it is common? >> there is a very small percentage of small businesses that surround 2% to would be affected by the bush tax cuts expiring. i think that it would be reasonable for the democrats to up to some sort of carve out for that 2 percent if you want to protect small businesses, certainly the republicans could propose that if they want to if that was their real concern. i don't think it is. i think they use small businesses around this issue even though it is such a minority of the people who would be affected. and, you know, i feel like that is something that could be worked out that both sides really want it to. gerri: we mentioned earlier that it is over a million small business operators who would be affected, not a small group. brad, to you. is this a fake out by republicans in the house. a big issue for small business or are they really trying to protect just rich people? what is your view? >> we are trying to protect those people who create jobs. small-business owners. we know that the
what to use it is common? >> there is a very small percentage of small businesses that surround 2% to would be affected by the bush tax cuts expiring. i think that it would be reasonable for the democrats to up to some sort of carve out for that 2 percent if you want to protect small businesses, certainly the republicans could propose that if they want to if that was their real concern. i don't think it is. i think they use small businesses around this issue even though it is such a...
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"how america's leaders lost the guts to make us great." okay, you're shooting right from the hip on this one. what do you mean by "nation of wusses, sir?" >> or leaders are more wusses than our people and one of the reasons they're wusses is they're afraid of the people. they won't tell the people the truth. i'll give an example about our guys. medicare was passed in 1965. the life expectancy, average was 69 years of age. today the life expectancy is 85 years of age. the program was never meant to cover 20 years of life. soc obviously, there have to be changes. >> stephen: we have to make people die earlier. i've been saying that for years! >> a very adept solution. >> stephen: thank you very much. hey, i solve a lot of problems. >> but we're afraid to tell our base. and the republicans are afraid to stand up to this little guy who nobody voted for and who is really the modern day wizard of oz, grover norquist. >> stephen: grover's a friend. grover a a friend now, okay. >> well, the from the prt is my friend and you trashed him. >him. >> s
"how america's leaders lost the guts to make us great." okay, you're shooting right from the hip on this one. what do you mean by "nation of wusses, sir?" >> or leaders are more wusses than our people and one of the reasons they're wusses is they're afraid of the people. they won't tell the people the truth. i'll give an example about our guys. medicare was passed in 1965. the life expectancy, average was 69 years of age. today the life expectancy is 85 years of age....
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you can also reach us via social media on twitter, facebook, or even send us an email. our first call for amy kremer comes from shelly in alabama. she's on our line for democrats. go ahead, shelly. shelly, are you there? caller: hello. hi, everyone. guest: hi. caller: my -- i'm calling from my state, georgia, is republican, but the tea party, i know it came about after obama, president obama's election. it was the first time. i just don't understand why we all can't get together. i know that america is based on individuality and people wanting to have a piece of the pie, but why -- it just appears that the tea party is so divisive, and i don't understand that. you know, sometimes it appears that since president obama has become president, that i've never seen so much disrespect for the office of president. oip amy kremer? guest: well, thanks for your comment, shelly, and i would to say we're not divisive. i mean, we've gone after republicans and democrats alike. we are an issues-oriented movement, focused on fiscal responsibility, limited government, free markets. that'
you can also reach us via social media on twitter, facebook, or even send us an email. our first call for amy kremer comes from shelly in alabama. she's on our line for democrats. go ahead, shelly. shelly, are you there? caller: hello. hi, everyone. guest: hi. caller: my -- i'm calling from my state, georgia, is republican, but the tea party, i know it came about after obama, president obama's election. it was the first time. i just don't understand why we all can't get together. i know that...
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at least, nobody said it to us. introducing the business smart inkjet all-in-one series from brother. easy to use. it's the ultimate combination of speed, small size, and low-cost printing. time for citi price rewind. because your daughter really wants that pink castle thing. and you really don't want to pay more than you have to. only citi price rewind automatically searches for the lowest price. and if it finds one, you get refunded the difference. just use your citi card and register your purchase online. have a super sparkly day! ok. [ male announcer ] now all you need is a magic carriage. citi price rewind. buy now. save later. is the same frequent heartburn treatment as prilosec otc. now with a fancy coating that gives you a burst of wildberry flavor. now why make a flavored heartburn pill? because this is america. and we don't just make things you want, we make things you didn't even know you wanted. like a spoon fork. spray cheese. and jeans made out of sweatpants. so grab yourself some new prilosec otc wild
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it's a nice reflection on us all. now through january 2nd. >>> politics where morgan freeman is lending his voice to an ad for marriage equality. >> america's stands at the dawn of a new day. freedom, justice, and human dignity always guided our journey towards a more perfect union. now across our country we're standing together for the right of gay and lesbian americans to marry the person they love. >> campaign workers are complaining about linda mcmahon. staffers said they got check that is bounced off working for the failed senate candidate and they say replacement checks were issued. mcmahon spent $100 million on her two campaigns. this past weekend a small fire broke out at the state component. a couple of maintenance workers were taken to the hospital and staff evacuated and things were back to normal quickly. the state department says the fire appears accidental. president obama bought a few books on small business saturday. he took his daughters to the one more page book store in arlington, virginia, and the
it's a nice reflection on us all. now through january 2nd. >>> politics where morgan freeman is lending his voice to an ad for marriage equality. >> america's stands at the dawn of a new day. freedom, justice, and human dignity always guided our journey towards a more perfect union. now across our country we're standing together for the right of gay and lesbian americans to marry the person they love. >> campaign workers are complaining about linda mcmahon. staffers said...
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which brings us to our number of the day. 51. this is the simple majority of votes that should be required to pass bills in the senate. it will also be for very brief window in january the number of votes needed to change senate rules about the filibuster so that 51 senators can, in fact, get something done. if the rule isn't changed before that window closes, senators in the minority will be able to filibuster every bill as well as any effort to change the filibuster. meaning the democrats will need 60 votes for reform, not 51. will harry reid and the democratic majority of 55 senators seize the moment? messages out of the senate seem mixed. only two areas of reform are being talked about widely. first, ending filibusters that prevent debate from even starting. second actually requiring senators to go out on the floor and filibuster, not just threaten to. but that's not enough. something more fundamental is needed. while the filibuster should be eliminated all together at a minimum the number of votes needed to end one should be
which brings us to our number of the day. 51. this is the simple majority of votes that should be required to pass bills in the senate. it will also be for very brief window in january the number of votes needed to change senate rules about the filibuster so that 51 senators can, in fact, get something done. if the rule isn't changed before that window closes, senators in the minority will be able to filibuster every bill as well as any effort to change the filibuster. meaning the democrats...
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tell us why this cliff is not as disastrous a cliff to go off? >> first of all, no one wants to go off any cliff or hill or slope. there is a responsible way to revolve this. but if we take a bad deal and say that all of the nation's fiscal problems are to be balanced on the back of middle class families and the wealthy don't participate, that's a bad deal we cannot and should not live within this country. >> shortly before your public comments about this this past summer, i was hearing off the record from democratic senators they believed they were going to have to go off the cliff because at that time, they couldn't conceive of any other way for republicans to violate their pledge to grover norquist that in january, once you're off the cliff, what everyone would be voting r for would not be considered a tax increase, so they thought they were going have to do it. is there now a growing feeling among democrats that the republicans are breaking up with norquist in such numbers that they might be able to do something reasonable before new year's e
tell us why this cliff is not as disastrous a cliff to go off? >> first of all, no one wants to go off any cliff or hill or slope. there is a responsible way to revolve this. but if we take a bad deal and say that all of the nation's fiscal problems are to be balanced on the back of middle class families and the wealthy don't participate, that's a bad deal we cannot and should not live within this country. >> shortly before your public comments about this this past summer, i was...
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. >> jon: that's our show, join us tomorrow night at 11:00. neil young will be joining us. here it is, your moment of zen. >> well, i don't know what i'm going to do if i can't stick a straw in a twinge key an captioning sponsored by comedy central captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org captioning sponsored by comedy central ( theme song playing ) (cheers and applause) >> stephen: welcome to the "report," everybody! (cheers and applause) thank you so much! change so much, ladies and gentlemen. (cheers and applause) (audience chanting "stephen") thank you, ladies and gentlemen. you're too kind. thank you for joining us. (cheers and applause) folks, folks i wish everybody at home could be here in the studio tonight. these people have made me feel like king of the road. (laughter) (cheers and applause) thank you for joining us. nation, i am happy. it's the christmas season. or as my jewish viewers call it: christmas. (laughter) no exceptions. but there is one bit of yuletide news that's making visions of anger plums dance in my head. jim? >> one man's heart is
. >> jon: that's our show, join us tomorrow night at 11:00. neil young will be joining us. here it is, your moment of zen. >> well, i don't know what i'm going to do if i can't stick a straw in a twinge key an captioning sponsored by comedy central captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org captioning sponsored by comedy central ( theme song playing ) (cheers and applause) >> stephen: welcome to the "report," everybody! (cheers and applause) thank you so...
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thank you for joining us. (cheers and applause) folks, folks i wish everybody at home could be here in the studio tonight. these people have made me feel like king of the road. (laughter) (cheers and applause) thank you for joining us. nation, i am happy. it's the christmas season. or as my jewish viewers call it: christmas. (laughter) no exceptions. but there is one bit of yuletide news that's making visions of anger plums dance in my head. jim? >> one man's heart is two sizes too small this holiday season. he was arrested in canada for lying and telling kids that santa claus doesn't exist. 24-year-old man walked the parade route in ontario saying "santa's not for real." >> stephen: nation, this story sickens me. this canadian grinch just let the cat out of the bag. or, as they say in canada, the beaver out of the beaver pelt satchel. (laughter) they've got a lot of beavers up there. it's actually something of a problem. (laughter) but what can i say? there's no point denying it anymore: there is no santa cla
thank you for joining us. (cheers and applause) folks, folks i wish everybody at home could be here in the studio tonight. these people have made me feel like king of the road. (laughter) (cheers and applause) thank you for joining us. nation, i am happy. it's the christmas season. or as my jewish viewers call it: christmas. (laughter) no exceptions. but there is one bit of yuletide news that's making visions of anger plums dance in my head. jim? >> one man's heart is two sizes too small...
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it is time to put that behind us. us. neil: why don't the -- lou: judg why don't the democras care ether he is elected or not? >> the republicans who took this pled were elected taking the pledge. >> they bragged about it you know, 1994, could not have happened without grover norquist. and always about tern that theo personalty not policy, let's talk about the issue, is medicare going bankrupt or not, senator dirk durban saying we have to tackle medicare or it will be bankrupt in 12 years. let's talk about that instead of norquist, he is one of the most selfless guys in politics. you know this is a reagannesque parts of the soul of the republican party, if some want to break their own pledge to voters not to raise taxes they can do that and be account able. lou: there is not a reagan nesque figure in the republican party right now who is the intellectual leader right now? what group of the republican party? the governors? >> kelly ann is right, governors, there are 38 republican governors, there will be after the first of
it is time to put that behind us. us. neil: why don't the -- lou: judg why don't the democras care ether he is elected or not? >> the republicans who took this pled were elected taking the pledge. >> they bragged about it you know, 1994, could not have happened without grover norquist. and always about tern that theo personalty not policy, let's talk about the issue, is medicare going bankrupt or not, senator dirk durban saying we have to tackle medicare or it will be bankrupt in 12...
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nobody told me they weren't and we already are way out of it no they want to use a sturdy and there's no country in the history the world has ever cut its way to prosperity that's not true republicans do want to grow our way out of it but it's a little bit difficult to grow our way out of it by growing things no not just necessarily by cutting things but republicans want to grow businesses and if businesses were larger there were more people in the workforce there were more people putting money into the government and sanitations money out of the system no government doesn't tell people what business is what to do but regulations tell businesses what to do right now businesses are in a lot of uncertainty because of obamacare and other regulations that are being placed on them by the obama administration so it's not the republicans don't want to grow their way out of this or so yes this is now you're saying francesca that you think that if if john boehner succeeds in defunding obamacare that the uncertainty fareed is going to be happy and blah so small way more complicated than just de
nobody told me they weren't and we already are way out of it no they want to use a sturdy and there's no country in the history the world has ever cut its way to prosperity that's not true republicans do want to grow our way out of it but it's a little bit difficult to grow our way out of it by growing things no not just necessarily by cutting things but republicans want to grow businesses and if businesses were larger there were more people in the workforce there were more people putting money...
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car the used car salesman has not signed a pledge to a multimillionaire k. street lobbyist. saying that he will not sell that car for under or over a certain place that's a really really important point when the only option is yes or no this is the only path to victory then there's many many more paths to failure so the same way that the pledge is a problem you know this kind of the automatic spending cuts are a problem that if there is that you have to take them or leave them we've got to get out of that mindset we've got to just democrats republicans both have to agree the spending cuts will be drastically would be disaster and we can't have them so we got to just kind of move from that position right alas i do agree that it's going to be a disaster and i and i'm curious do you think that joe biden was right that the democrats actually have a mandate to raise taxes on rich but i think he's definitely right the only way this election could be interpreted is that republicans lost in all three branches you know the house the senate and in the presidency. this
car the used car salesman has not signed a pledge to a multimillionaire k. street lobbyist. saying that he will not sell that car for under or over a certain place that's a really really important point when the only option is yes or no this is the only path to victory then there's many many more paths to failure so the same way that the pledge is a problem you know this kind of the automatic spending cuts are a problem that if there is that you have to take them or leave them we've got to get...
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this is used to keep women in prison. under a strict interpretation, the women are not allowed to leave audaud. without permission from their male guardian. >>> finally, comedian jamie foxx caused a stir when he said this at the soul train music awards. >> first, give an honor to god. and our lord and savior, barack obama. >> bret: fox isn't the first to make a comparie "examiner" ra poster sold at the democratic convention called the president prophecy fulfilled. >>> increasing scrutiny of the director of the national intelligence tonight over the conflicting accounts of who is responsible for the september 11 terror attack in libya. catherine herridge on the dni under the microscope. >> white house officials say the administration support for clapper, head of the u.s. intelligence remains strong. >> does the president have confidence in dni? >> absolutely. >> over the weekend, they said that they must explain the include reversal. >> i saw the director say didn't know where the talking points were edited and now he is s
this is used to keep women in prison. under a strict interpretation, the women are not allowed to leave audaud. without permission from their male guardian. >>> finally, comedian jamie foxx caused a stir when he said this at the soul train music awards. >> first, give an honor to god. and our lord and savior, barack obama. >> bret: fox isn't the first to make a comparie "examiner" ra poster sold at the democratic convention called the president prophecy fulfilled....
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daily caller and townhall dot com thank you all for joining me thank you great to have you all with us earlier today in his first speech since being reelected president obama outlined his plans to avoid the so-called fiscal cliff take a look. we can't just cut our way to prosperity if we're serious about reducing the deficit we have to combine spending cuts with revenue and that means asking the wealthiest americans to pay a little more in taxes i refuse to accept any approach that isn't balanced. i'm not going to ask students and see yours and middle class families to pay down the entire deficit while people like me making over two hundred fifty thousand dollars aren't asked to pay a dime more in taxes obviously republicans are unhappy about obama still wanting to raise taxes on the wealthy just hours before the president's speech speaker boehner gave a press conference where he said he had a plan to increase revenue without raising taxes and in an interview with breitbart dot com senate minority leader mitch mcconnell said i know some people out there think tuesday's results mean rep
daily caller and townhall dot com thank you all for joining me thank you great to have you all with us earlier today in his first speech since being reelected president obama outlined his plans to avoid the so-called fiscal cliff take a look. we can't just cut our way to prosperity if we're serious about reducing the deficit we have to combine spending cuts with revenue and that means asking the wealthiest americans to pay a little more in taxes i refuse to accept any approach that isn't...
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unless we say that, the other side will stick us up and hold us to the deadline and get us to flinch at the end which unfortunately has been the history of the white house in the last couple of years. your wisdom there, i hope they're listening loud and clear to you congressman. >> thank you. >> eliot: congressman peter welch, democrat from vermont thank you for your time. >> thanks, eliot. >> eliot: for more on grover norquist apparent diminishing influence, i'm joined by lobbyist jack abrom off the author of "capitol punishment." jack, thank you for joining us. >> thanks for having me. >> eliot: look, are you dealing and are you a defender of grover norquist but you must admit there is a new reality taking hold with many republicans acknowledging speaker boehner revenue must go up. doesn't that change the playing field in a way that grover norquist must not be happy with? >> well, i think too much emphasis, eliot is put on grover. i think people forget the fact that republicans are just genetically against raising taxes. i think grover's pledge and grover's efforts may maybe reflec
unless we say that, the other side will stick us up and hold us to the deadline and get us to flinch at the end which unfortunately has been the history of the white house in the last couple of years. your wisdom there, i hope they're listening loud and clear to you congressman. >> thank you. >> eliot: congressman peter welch, democrat from vermont thank you for your time. >> thanks, eliot. >> eliot: for more on grover norquist apparent diminishing influence, i'm joined...
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again, you got to use all your tools. i think the number one way to rise above on any particular issue, to rise above the partisanship is to figure out with your members of congress to make it about thire state, atheir dillstrict, that jobs, the jobs in their state or district. and their local economy. and in particular in this economic world right now that is very important. and i think is very important. members of congress sometimes act against what might be their core ideology if they see it that is particularly beneficial to the state or district therefrom. >> -- they are from. i think i am probably a little bit more cynical. i think there were some big things settled by implication in the election. but the ideological divide that exists between the parties is still pretty hard. the house is still a tea party conservative, a social conservative-dominated house republicans. they have less experience about compromising. know -- you don't have a lot of seasoned and experienced members who know how to compromise to get t
again, you got to use all your tools. i think the number one way to rise above on any particular issue, to rise above the partisanship is to figure out with your members of congress to make it about thire state, atheir dillstrict, that jobs, the jobs in their state or district. and their local economy. and in particular in this economic world right now that is very important. and i think is very important. members of congress sometimes act against what might be their core ideology if they see...
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not for medical use but recreational useful oregon turned it down. this means that states can regulate, control, and tax the sale of marijuana in small quantities. there were also referendums on medical marijuana use. in some other states, in, arkansas, did not pass. in massachusetts, it did not pass. in montana they upheld the ban on medical marijuana so massachusetts is the only one that allowed it. so the history was made in the states of colorado and washington. the federal government still considers it illegal. so this sets up potential huge legal issues. the big question, soledad, i have for the panel, where does this he said up? how does it resolve itself? >> supreme court? >> it could be. there was a case a couple years ago. a woman was growing pot for her own use and the feds busted her. and it was actually under the commerce cause. it was litigated under the affordable care act, found to be something congress could do. somebody will take advantage of this state law and then they'll wind up in front of the supreme court. it is unusual for st
not for medical use but recreational useful oregon turned it down. this means that states can regulate, control, and tax the sale of marijuana in small quantities. there were also referendums on medical marijuana use. in some other states, in, arkansas, did not pass. in massachusetts, it did not pass. in montana they upheld the ban on medical marijuana so massachusetts is the only one that allowed it. so the history was made in the states of colorado and washington. the federal government still...
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again, who changed the talking points used by ambassador rice? why? under what circumstances? why was reference to al qaeda left out? there are so many things that have happened. the interesting things finally, we knew in hours of all the details when we got bin laden, they making a movie out of it and we are ten weeks later and finally our ambassador to the united nations who appeared on every national sunday show is now saying that she gave false information concerning how this tragedy happened as far as the spontaneous demonstration triggered by a hateful video. >>neil: the president got upset by you and others saying if you have a problem, you should go after him and you pointed out prior that she was the person they put out on all the week end shows after the attack. was she the right person? >> she admitted herself and the president said that she had nothing to do with benghazi. that is another question that needs to be asked. why was she sent out if she had nothing to do with benghazi? but, also, there was clear classified information that was a terrorist attack from th
again, who changed the talking points used by ambassador rice? why? under what circumstances? why was reference to al qaeda left out? there are so many things that have happened. the interesting things finally, we knew in hours of all the details when we got bin laden, they making a movie out of it and we are ten weeks later and finally our ambassador to the united nations who appeared on every national sunday show is now saying that she gave false information concerning how this tragedy...
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thanks for being up with us. we have a lot of news to talk about on on this wednesday, november 28th, including new accusations from the senate's top republicans that president obama thinks he's still on the campaign trail and that's putting in to on jep arrested day compromise on the fiscal cliff. >> plus house republicans unveil the names of their committee leaders. why some critics say they're not heeding the lessons of the 2012 election. >> but first
thanks for being up with us. we have a lot of news to talk about on on this wednesday, november 28th, including new accusations from the senate's top republicans that president obama thinks he's still on the campaign trail and that's putting in to on jep arrested day compromise on the fiscal cliff. >> plus house republicans unveil the names of their committee leaders. why some critics say they're not heeding the lessons of the 2012 election. >> but first
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thank you for joining us. how did the republicans losososososososososososososososososososososososososososososososos >> eliot: tax hikes on the highest incomes do not kill jobs. the evidence is in, our conversation is with you the viewer because we're independent. >>here's how you can connect with "viewpoint with eliot spitzer." >>questions, of course, need to be answered. >>we will not settle for the easy answers. >> eliot: if last week was all about politics, and thankfully things turned oh out pretty well maybe this week we can put ideology and partisanship aside for a moment and apply a more objective scientific approach oh some of the tough issues we face. what do historical records and data suggest might be the better course for our nation to follow? specifically cha is the impact of increasing the top marginal tax rate on the rate of investment and job creation? if numbers could persuade me that raising that rate injured job creation, i would reconsider my belief that wealthy should pay more. but on the
thank you for joining us. how did the republicans losososososososososososososososososososososososososososososososos >> eliot: tax hikes on the highest incomes do not kill jobs. the evidence is in, our conversation is with you the viewer because we're independent. >>here's how you can connect with "viewpoint with eliot spitzer." >>questions, of course, need to be answered. >>we will not settle for the easy answers. >> eliot: if last week was all about...
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joins us from chicago. we'll talk about the business at h.p., bu at hand, what do the accounting claims say about h.p.'s own due diligence in the buy outa year ago. >> ith i i think it is important to separate out the goodwill impairment. it is a non-cast charge. i think most investors were aware that h.p. overpaid for autonomy. so it doesn't affect our forecast for h.p. what it does highlight, though, is that there are potentially further corporate governance issues, and management control issues. but, more importantly, this is going to be -- this litigation will be an ongoing stracts for senior management, at a time when many of their existing businesses are facing competition. >> tom: it overpaid, having trouble integrating it, and the fiscal fourth quarter results, this is what they looked like. h.p. earned $1.16 a share, minus all of the charges, two cents better than expected. what kind of shape is h.p.'s business in? >> i think everybody recognizes and everybody rec nice to meet you, recognizes that
joins us from chicago. we'll talk about the business at h.p., bu at hand, what do the accounting claims say about h.p.'s own due diligence in the buy outa year ago. >> ith i i think it is important to separate out the goodwill impairment. it is a non-cast charge. i think most investors were aware that h.p. overpaid for autonomy. so it doesn't affect our forecast for h.p. what it does highlight, though, is that there are potentially further corporate governance issues, and management...
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even those that voted against us, most of them don't see us that way. so that is the problem. i think it's an underestimating of your opponent's strength and the reality of how people view them. and there was a ridicule that i think -- i don't fully understand the impact it played in the election but i know it played a deep impact. and listen, as i said, our party has gone through that before which was a disbelief that president bush could be re-elected in 2004. people saw it differently. >> i think there are a number of legitimate policy criticisms of president obama. and there are issue that is he's advanced in the country that i just disagree with. however, if you go back to mitt romney's book, what was the title. no apology. inferring that the president runs around the world apologizing for america. not true. that never happened. the birther nonsense. the attempts to delegitimize the president that he wasn't born in hawaii, that he is on alien imposter in the oval office, the conspiracy began 20 years ago. all of this deranged nonsense had a terrible impact not on the pres
even those that voted against us, most of them don't see us that way. so that is the problem. i think it's an underestimating of your opponent's strength and the reality of how people view them. and there was a ridicule that i think -- i don't fully understand the impact it played in the election but i know it played a deep impact. and listen, as i said, our party has gone through that before which was a disbelief that president bush could be re-elected in 2004. people saw it differently....
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our abundant natural gas is already saving us money, producing cleaner electricity, putting us to work here in america and supporting wind and solar. though all energy development comes with some risk, we're committed to safely and responsibly producing natural gas. it's not a dream. america's natural gas... putting us in control of our energy future, now. megyn: big news from the white house as it joins in on senator harry reid's efforts to change it rules of the senate. he has been push for changes to the filibuster. a tool that helps the party not in power -- dates' the republicans in the senate -- prevent a vote. mr. reid would like to make it more difficult for the any mort party to filibuster. the white house applauding harry reid's efforts. but rewind that to when the democrats were the minority party. mr. reid was a vocal supporter calling it a last check against abuse of power. joining me to explain. president obama said at the time -- in 2005 we had a president bush in the white house. the republicans controlled the senate and the house. the only way of stopping certain legis
our abundant natural gas is already saving us money, producing cleaner electricity, putting us to work here in america and supporting wind and solar. though all energy development comes with some risk, we're committed to safely and responsibly producing natural gas. it's not a dream. america's natural gas... putting us in control of our energy future, now. megyn: big news from the white house as it joins in on senator harry reid's efforts to change it rules of the senate. he has been push for...
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tell us what you saw, what you went through. >> sure. there were a lot of very strange interventions that were purported to help change your orientation from homosexuality to heterosexuality. among them were of the bizarre exercises that i participated in was i formed -- i was part of a group that formed a human barricade and on the other side of that barricade were a pair of oranges meant to represent another man's testicles, and there was a participant in the exercise who was supposed to break through that barricade and grab the oranges and was instructed to squeeze them and drink the juice from them and to shove them down his pants and all this was to symbolize that, you know, his homosexuality was related to his lack of masculinity or his lack of, you know, these metaphorical testicles and that reclaiming them would promote him toward heterosexuality. >> i know you want to get across that as disturbing, as sensational some of the specifics certainly are, it's equally important to pay attention to the undercurrent of this so-called th
tell us what you saw, what you went through. >> sure. there were a lot of very strange interventions that were purported to help change your orientation from homosexuality to heterosexuality. among them were of the bizarre exercises that i participated in was i formed -- i was part of a group that formed a human barricade and on the other side of that barricade were a pair of oranges meant to represent another man's testicles, and there was a participant in the exercise who was supposed...
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>>guest: this is the hottest toys at toys us and this is our own tablet, a toys 'r us designed tablet for $149 why 99 you have all the apps kids like to play and you don't have to use the ipad, tremendousliment toys. >>eric: they need to bay the apps? >>guest: it is preloaded with 50 apps app for free. and there are learning tools. this is baby butterscotch, a special pet that is cute, and i will not leave it on, you can feed it, it chomps, you brush it, it is happy, this is the best pet in the world. doesn't leave a mess. >>eric: how much? >>guest: $119. and this is the hottest lego sets, if brings, it is very, very, very huge, everything lego does, they even have the first time that they have succeeded with girls, so that is the hottest brand in toys, across the board they are doing fantastic. i brought -- this is a little over $100 we put it on sale a lot, in fact, coming up soon. and "giants" the hottest video game if kids, there are figures you put on a portal and they enter the game. the action figures who are physical because virtual and you play with them, and it stores all th
>>guest: this is the hottest toys at toys us and this is our own tablet, a toys 'r us designed tablet for $149 why 99 you have all the apps kids like to play and you don't have to use the ipad, tremendousliment toys. >>eric: they need to bay the apps? >>guest: it is preloaded with 50 apps app for free. and there are learning tools. this is baby butterscotch, a special pet that is cute, and i will not leave it on, you can feed it, it chomps, you brush it, it is happy, this is...
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. >> and let us hear him mobilize that base. the president speaking at the white house. >> thank you so much. thank you, everybody. please have a seat. thank you. thank you very much. everybody, please have a seat. except you guys. don't sit down. well, good morning, everybody. >> good morning. >> you know, there's been a lot of talk here in washington about the deadlines we're facing on taxes and deficits. these deadlines are going to be coming up very soon in the coming weeks. but today's important because i want to make sure everybody understands this debate is not just about numbers. it's a set of major decisions that are going to affect millions of families all across this country in very significant ways. and their voices, the voices of the american people, have to be part of this debate. and so i asked some friends of mine here to join me, some folks from here in the area. our ultimate goal is an agreement that gets our long-term deficit under control in a way that is fair and balanced. that kind of agreement would be goo
. >> and let us hear him mobilize that base. the president speaking at the white house. >> thank you so much. thank you, everybody. please have a seat. thank you. thank you very much. everybody, please have a seat. except you guys. don't sit down. well, good morning, everybody. >> good morning. >> you know, there's been a lot of talk here in washington about the deadlines we're facing on taxes and deficits. these deadlines are going to be coming up very soon in the...
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is not a man who uses threats that billionaire money will be used to politically destroy members of congress who refused to sign his pledge an enemy of the state itself or at least an enemy of the very constitution the lawmakers have sworn to uphold without mental reservation or evasion joining me now is david frum former speechwriter for george w. bush contributing editor to the daily beast and newsweek and author of several books including his latest why romney lost an e-book available over at the daily beast site newsweek's let me make you an amazon and fine digital retailers everyone indeed and a fine book it is thank you very impressive david frum great to have you back and for graham with us two prominent republicans have come out in the last five days now for the last few days backing away from the norquist pledge i think we're up to seven all together of high profile but this is for example lindsey graham just for example. love being a senator and i want to be a senator that that matters for the state of south carolina country when you're sixteen trillion dollars in debt the only ple
is not a man who uses threats that billionaire money will be used to politically destroy members of congress who refused to sign his pledge an enemy of the state itself or at least an enemy of the very constitution the lawmakers have sworn to uphold without mental reservation or evasion joining me now is david frum former speechwriter for george w. bush contributing editor to the daily beast and newsweek and author of several books including his latest why romney lost an e-book available over...
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tell us about that. you collect something unusual. >> oh, i have a collection of whackers, things you hit people with, mostly from africa. i also have -- i also have a collection of air sickness bags from most of the world. if anybody here travels. and the one thing i do ask people who come to meetings, if you're traveling and you're on one of these really -- i have an air sickness bag which is the prepresent government afghanistan air sickness bag. it's a great collection and somebody mentioned this years ago in a profile, i started getting emails. how many of the turkish airline ones do you have? do you want to trade? i thought this was an odd, quirky thing i did. it's bigger than you thought. >> you're off to the meeting. whales the mood at the meeting? is the center right coalition besieged? >> no. actually people are very optimistic and -- look, people were disappointed because we didn't have the house, senate, presidency. it's like your stock didn't go up. but -- >> your stock went down. >> are you
tell us about that. you collect something unusual. >> oh, i have a collection of whackers, things you hit people with, mostly from africa. i also have -- i also have a collection of air sickness bags from most of the world. if anybody here travels. and the one thing i do ask people who come to meetings, if you're traveling and you're on one of these really -- i have an air sickness bag which is the prepresent government afghanistan air sickness bag. it's a great collection and somebody...